Guards T-34/85

USSR, Tank Vehicle, 1944

ATT inf 7/7/6
ATT veh 14/12/10
Cost 34.00
Def 6/5
Speed 4

Guard Crew
After rolling attack dice for this unit, you may reroll a single die result of 1.

Superior Armor 2
An attack must beat this unit’s defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

Exposed Transport
This unit can carry one Soldier. That Soldier can be attacked while it’s boarded on this transport. (A friendly Soldier can board or dismount this unit instead of moving during your movement phase.)

Set Set II, 9/45 r

 

Special Abilities Errata & FAQ

Guard Crew

After rolling attack dice for this unit, you may reroll a single die result of 1.

Q: What does "a single die result of 1" mean?
A: When you attack a unit, you roll attack dice to see how many successes you score. The Guard

Crew ability allows you to reroll any one attack die that landed as a "natural" 1. You can only reroll that die once, even if it comes up 1 again. If you are lucky, and roll a 4 or higher on the rerolled die, you will increase the number of successes scored on that attack by 1. When a special ability refers to numbers rolled on attack dice, it means the numbers rolled on the dice before any bonuses or penalties are applied.

Superior Armor 2

An attack must beat this unit’s defense by 2 or more in order to score two hits against it.

Q: A Tiger tank's frontal defense is 7 and it has Superior Armor 2. Does this special ability simply add to a unit's defense? Would the Tiger's defense now be 9?
A: No. Superior Armor 2 doesn't change the vehicle's defense value at all. What it does is make it harder for a single attack to score two hits against the vehicle. A single attack must score enough successes to beat the target vehicle's defense rating by 2, not just by 1, in order to score two hits.

To clarify your example, a Tiger I has frontal defense 7 and Superior Armor 2. That means 7 successes against the tank's frontal armor would cause 1 hit while 9 successes against the tank's front would cause 2 hits. Without Superior Armor 2, 8 successes would cause 2 hits. Note that Superior Armor 2 has no effect at all against three attacks (14 successes against the tank's front will still cause 3 hits.) The tank is still disrupted by one hit, damaged by two hits, and destroyed by three hits. Superior Armor 2 just makes it harder to get two hits from a single roll of the dice, and that's all it does.

Exposed Transport

This unit can carry one Soldier. That Soldier can be attacked while it’s boarded on this transport. (A friendly Soldier can board or dismount this unit instead of moving during your movement phase.)

Q: Can I use Defensive Fire to attack a soldier riding on a T-34/76 with the Exposed Transport SA?
A: Defensive fire is only used against moving units. When a Vehicle triggers Defensive Fire, it's the vehicle that's moving, not the passengers. So the answer is no, you can't use Defensive Fire to attack the passengers instead of the Vehicle.